A. Quinton — Jun. 18th 2015

From Alterna Comics comes Snarl, a graphic novel in the “Look, Detective, someone – or something – is killing women in the woods, and the Mayor doesn’t want any half-bakes stories about monsters” genre.

Something sinister is killing people in a Washington State Park. Is it animal? Is it Supernatural? When all the evidence points to the unexplained a veteran detective will have to go against all of his training to solve the unsolvable before it’s too late!

Having seen this exact same outline before, I’m gonna say “no”, “yes”, and “don’t worry, he will, despite an unexpected twist in act three”. But hold up! In spite of my shitty attitude about what seems to be an overused plot, I really enjoyed the preview (which you can read below).

Sure, it’s clichéd, right down to the incredulous bureaucrats and interchangeable young white female victims, but I think that’s the point. Detectives Bevil and Sagun don’t care that they might be the protagonists of a hard–boiled police pulp story! They’re gonna crack this case, no matter what the Mayor thinks!